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Violent Crime ‘Race Gap’ Narrows, But Persists In U.S.

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

The U.S. ‘race gap’ in the commission of violent crime has narrowed substantially, yet persists – with murder arrest rates for African Americans still out-distancing those for whites – concludes a new 80-city study by the University of Maryland, Florida State University and the University of Oregon…

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Comparative rates of violent crime among regular methamphetamine and opioid users: offending and victimization

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Aims To determine the comparative levels of violent offending and victimization among regular methamphetamine and heroin users.Design Cross-sectionalSetting Sydney, Australia.Participants A total of 400 regular methamphetamine (METH) and heroin (HER) users (118 methamphetamine users: METH; 161 regular heroin users: HER; 121 regular users of both: BOTH).Findings Eighty-two per cent reported a life-time history of committing violent crime, 41% in the past 12 months. There were no group differences in life-time violence, but the METH group were significantly more likely than the HER group to have committed violence in the past 12 months (odds ratio 1.94)

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